Totara Talent Experience Platform Release Notes

Security releases for Totara Evergreen 20180118, 10.4, 9.15, 2.9.27, 2.7.35, 2.6.52, 2.5.59, 2.4.58 and 2.2.62 released 18th January 2018

 
Valerii Kuznetsov
Security releases for Totara Evergreen 20180118, 10.4, 9.15, 2.9.27, 2.7.35, 2.6.52, 2.5.59, 2.4.58 and 2.2.62 released 18th January 2018
by Valerii Kuznetsov - Thursday, 18 January 2018, 2:46 PM
Group Totara

Hello everyone,

The following versions of Totara Learn have now been released:

  • Release Evergreen
  • Release 10.4
  • Release 9.15
  • Release 2.9.27
  • Release 2.7.35
  • Release 2.6.52
  • Release 2.5.59
  • Release 2.4.58
  • Release 2.2.62

Versions Evergreen and 10.4 do contain security fixes, and for this reason we strongly recommend upgrade.
Each release also includes new site registration form, bug fixes and improvements.

A big thanks to the following people for their contributions to this release:

  • Dustin Brisebois at Lambda Solutions - TL-16707
  • Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ - TL-16523

Kind regards

Valerii Kuznetsov


Release Evergreen (18th January 2018):

Key:           + Evergreen only

Important:

    TL-9352        New site registration form

                   In this release we have added a site registration page under Site
                   administration > Totara registration. Users with the 'site:config'
                   capability will be redirected to the page after upgrade until registration
                   has been completed.
                   
                   Please ensure you have the registration code available for each site before
                   you upgrade. Partners can obtain the registration code for their customers'
                   sites via the Subscription Portal. Direct subscribers will receive their
                   registration code directly from Totara Learning.
                   
                   For more information see the help documentation:
                   
                   https://help.totaralearning.com/display/TLE/Totara+registration


Security issues:

    TL-16757       Fixed issue where names of hidden courses could be displayed

                   Previously the names of hidden courses could be displayed in the Featured
                   links Block edit form if a hidden ID field was altered


New features:

    TL-16589   +   Added new progress wizard form component

Improvements:

    TL-7553        Improved Report Builder support of Microsoft Excel CSV import with Id columns
    TL-11305   +   Creating/modifying/deleting scheduled reports now generate events

                   New event classes are: scheduled_report_created, scheduled_report_updated
                   and scheduled_report_deleted.
                   
                   These events are also viewable in the system logs under 
                   site administration > reports > logs.

    TL-14071   +   Replaced calls to 'dirname' with '__DIR__' to improve performance
    TL-15061   +   Improved styling of delete and combine tags buttons
    TL-16441   +   Fixed signup information being displayed in attendees pages
    TL-16479       Fixed inconsistent use of terminology in Seminar
    TL-16485   +   Converted hierarchies CSS to LESS
    TL-16487   +   Standardised HTML in statistics block
    TL-16488   +   Set alert notifications for Totara Messages enabled by default
    TL-16627       A user's current course completion record can now be deleted

                   Using the course completion editor, it is now possible to delete a user's
                   current course completion record. This is only possible if the user is no
                   longer assigned to the course.

    TL-16651   +   Added support for context variables in modal library
    TL-16653       Reportbuilder now shows an empty graph instead of an error message when zero values are returned
    TL-16690       Added hook for cache invalidation in Report graph block
    TL-16694       All SCORM reports were altered to use recommended enrolment subquery for listing of users

                   Please note this patch may change the results of scorm reports, only
                   enrolled users with mod/scorm:savetrack capability are now displayed there.


Bug fixes:

    TL-1512    +   Changed Google Fusion export to open in a new window
    TL-11097       Removed duplicated seminar attendees overbooking notification
    TL-16016       Changed message on Appraisal missing roles page when a job assignment has not yet been selected
    TL-16523       Set URL before require_login in the signup page
    TL-16536       Added missing string on the Feature overview page
    TL-16630       Fixed error caused by adding a role column as the first column to Seminar sessions report
    TL-16631       Fixed SCORM package display in simple popup window when package does not provide player API
    TL-16638       SCORM table of contents is now restricted to the height available to the SCORM package
    TL-16676       Removed syncing of user's forum and language preferences to Totara Connect client sites
    TL-16699       Deleted duplicate block of code in login/index.php
    TL-16700       Added workaround in DML for fatal errors when get_in_or_equal() used with large number of items
    TL-16705       Fixed a regression in the required option of the multi-select custom field
    TL-16707       Fixed multi-lang support for dashboard names
    TL-16740       Improved message displayed when guest user tries to sign up using seminar direct enrolment

API changes:

    TL-16677   +   Removed deprecated rb_display_* functions

Miscellaneous Moodle fixes:

    TL-16711       MDL-61143: Added check for all "A" records when testing blocked IPs

Contributions:

    * Dustin Brisebois at Lambda Solutions - TL-16707
    * Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ - TL-16523

Release 10.4 (18th January 2018):


Important:

    TL-9352        New site registration form

                   In this release we have added a site registration page under Site
                   administration > Totara registration. Users with the 'site:config'
                   capability will be redirected to the page after upgrade until registration
                   has been completed.
                   
                   Please ensure you have the registration code available for each site before
                   you upgrade. Partners can obtain the registration code for their customers'
                   sites via the Subscription Portal. Direct subscribers will receive their
                   registration code directly from Totara Learning.
                   
                   For more information see the help documentation:
                   
                   https://help.totaralearning.com/display/TLE/Totara+registration


Security issues:

    TL-16757       Fixed issue where names of hidden courses could be displayed

                   Previously the names of hidden courses could be displayed in the Featured
                   links Block edit form if a hidden ID field was altered


Improvements:

    TL-7553        Improved Report Builder support of Microsoft Excel CSV import with Id columns
    TL-16479       Fixed inconsistent use of terminology in Seminar
    TL-16627       A user's current course completion record can now be deleted

                   Using the course completion editor, it is now possible to delete a user's
                   current course completion record. This is only possible if the user is no
                   longer assigned to the course.

    TL-16653       Reportbuilder now shows an empty graph instead of an error message when zero values are returned
    TL-16690       Added hook for cache invalidation in Report graph block
    TL-16694       All SCORM reports were altered to use recommended enrolment subquery for listing of users

                   Please note this patch may change the results of scorm reports, only
                   enrolled users with mod/scorm:savetrack capability are now displayed there.


Bug fixes:

    TL-11097       Removed duplicated seminar attendees overbooking notification
    TL-16016       Changed message on Appraisal missing roles page when a job assignment has not yet been selected
    TL-16523       Set URL before require_login in the signup page
    TL-16536       Added missing string on the Feature overview page
    TL-16630       Fixed error caused by adding a role column as the first column to Seminar sessions report
    TL-16631       Fixed SCORM package display in simple popup window when package does not provide player API
    TL-16638       SCORM table of contents is now restricted to the height available to the SCORM package
    TL-16676       Removed syncing of user's forum and language preferences to Totara Connect client sites
    TL-16699       Deleted duplicate block of code in login/index.php
    TL-16700       Added workaround in DML for fatal errors when get_in_or_equal() used with large number of items
    TL-16705       Fixed a regression in the required option of the multi-select custom field
    TL-16707       Fixed multi-lang support for dashboard names
    TL-16740       Improved message displayed when guest user tries to sign up using seminar direct enrolment

Miscellaneous Moodle fixes:

    TL-16711       MDL-61143: Added check for all "A" records when testing blocked IPs

Contributions:

    * Dustin Brisebois at Lambda Solutions - TL-16707
    * Eugene Venter at Catalyst NZ - TL-16523

Release 9.15 (18th January 2018):


Important:

    TL-9352        New site registration form

                   In this release we have added a site registration page under Site
                   administration > Totara registration. Users with the 'site:config'
                   capability will be redirected to the page after upgrade until registration
                   has been completed.
                   
                   Please ensure you have the registration code available for each site before
                   you upgrade. Partners can obtain the registration code for their customers'
                   sites via the Subscription Portal. Direct subscribers will receive their
                   registration code directly from Totara Learning.
                   
                   For more information see the help documentation:
                   
                   https://help.totaralearning.com/display/TLE/Totara+registration


Improvements:

    TL-7553        Improved Report Builder support of Microsoft Excel CSV import with Id columns
    TL-16479       Fixed inconsistent use of terminology in Seminar
    TL-16627       A user's current course completion record can now be deleted

                   Using the course completion editor, it is now possible to delete a user's
                   current course completion record. This is only possible if the user is no
                   longer assigned to the course.

    TL-16653       Reportbuilder now shows an empty graph instead of an error message when zero values are returned

Bug fixes:

    TL-11097       Removed duplicated seminar attendees overbooking notification
    TL-16016       Changed message on Appraisal missing roles page when a job assignment has not yet been selected
    TL-16536       Added missing string on the Feature overview page
    TL-16630       Fixed error caused by adding a role column as the first column to Seminar sessions report
    TL-16631       Fixed SCORM package display in simple popup window when package does not provide player API
    TL-16700       Added workaround in DML for fatal errors when get_in_or_equal() used with large number of items
    TL-16707       Fixed multi-lang support for dashboard names

Contributions:

    * Dustin Brisebois at Lambda Solutions - TL-16707

Release 2.9.27 (18th January 2018):


Important:

    TL-9352        New site registration form

                   In this release we have added a site registration page under Site
                   administration > Totara registration. Users with the 'site:config'
                   capability will be redirected to the page after upgrade until registration
                   has been completed.
                   
                   Please ensure you have the registration code available for each site before
                   you upgrade. Partners can obtain the registration code for their customers'
                   sites via the Subscription Portal. Direct subscribers will receive their
                   registration code directly from Totara Learning.
                   
                   For more information see the help documentation:
                   
                   https://help.totaralearning.com/display/TLE/Totara+registration


Improvements:

    TL-7553        Improved Report Builder support of Microsoft Excel CSV import with Id columns

Bug fixes:

    TL-16536       Added missing string on the Feature overview page
    TL-16631       Fixed SCORM package display in simple popup window when package does not provide player API
    TL-16700       Added workaround in DML for fatal errors when get_in_or_equal() used with large number of items

Release 2.7.35 (18th January 2018):


Important:

    TL-9352        New site registration form

                   In this release we have added a site registration page under Site
                   administration > Totara registration. Users with the 'site:config'
                   capability will be redirected to the page after upgrade until registration
                   has been completed.
                   
                   Please ensure you have the registration code available for each site before
                   you upgrade. Partners can obtain the registration code for their customers'
                   sites via the Subscription Portal. Direct subscribers will receive their
                   registration code directly from Totara Learning.
                   
                   For more information see the help documentation:
                   
                   https://help.totaralearning.com/display/TLE/Totara+registration


Improvements:

    TL-7553        Improved Report Builder support of Microsoft Excel CSV import with Id columns

Bug fixes:

    TL-16700       Added workaround in DML for fatal errors when get_in_or_equal() used with large number of items

Release 2.6.52 (18th January 2018):


Important:

    TL-9352        New site registration form

                   In this release we have added a site registration page under Site
                   administration > Totara registration. Users with the 'site:config'
                   capability will be redirected to the page after upgrade until registration
                   has been completed.
                   
                   Please ensure you have the registration code available for each site before
                   you upgrade. Partners can obtain the registration code for their customers'
                   sites via the Subscription Portal. Direct subscribers will receive their
                   registration code directly from Totara Learning.
                   
                   For more information see the help documentation:
                   
                   https://help.totaralearning.com/display/TLE/Totara+registration


Bug fixes:

    TL-16700       Added workaround in DML for fatal errors when get_in_or_equal() used with large number of items

Release 2.5.59 (18th January 2018):


Important:

    TL-9352        New site registration form

                   In this release we have added a site registration page under Site
                   administration > Totara registration. Users with the 'site:config'
                   capability will be redirected to the page after upgrade until registration
                   has been completed.
                   
                   Please ensure you have the registration code available for each site before
                   you upgrade. Partners can obtain the registration code for their customers'
                   sites via the Subscription Portal. Direct subscribers will receive their
                   registration code directly from Totara Learning.
                   
                   For more information see the help documentation:
                   
                   https://help.totaralearning.com/display/TLE/Totara+registration


Release 2.4.58 (18th January 2018):


Important:

    TL-9352        New site registration form

                   In this release we have added a site registration page under Site
                   administration > Totara registration. Users with the 'site:config'
                   capability will be redirected to the page after upgrade until registration
                   has been completed.
                   
                   Please ensure you have the registration code available for each site before
                   you upgrade. Partners can obtain the registration code for their customers'
                   sites via the Subscription Portal. Direct subscribers will receive their
                   registration code directly from Totara Learning.
                   
                   For more information see the help documentation:
                   
                   https://help.totaralearning.com/display/TLE/Totara+registration


Release 2.2.62 (18th January 2018):


Important:

    TL-9352        New site registration form

                   In this release we have added a site registration page under Site
                   administration > Totara registration. Users with the 'site:config'
                   capability will be redirected to the page after upgrade until registration
                   has been completed.
                   
                   Please ensure you have the registration code available for each site before
                   you upgrade. Partners can obtain the registration code for their customers'
                   sites via the Subscription Portal. Direct subscribers will receive their
                   registration code directly from Totara Learning.
                   
                   For more information see the help documentation:
                   
                   https://help.totaralearning.com/display/TLE/Totara+registration